Took a brief hiatus to have a baby.  Resumed work starting in early summer.   It took a ridiculous amount of effort to build the concrete forms.  If I was restarting from scratch I would instead use masonry block or rented forms instead of building my own.  Yesterday was concrete pour day, forms held strong.   Next steps are to pull and stack the form wood, insulate the foundation, level the dirt inside, backfill, run utilities, then assemble the greenhouse itself.   The greenhouse kit looks extremely well manufactured.

I want more kumquat hybrids.  There don't seem to be any active breeding programs that I'm aware of.  Small size and sweet edible skin seem like great attributes to incorporate into popular varieties but the existing hybrids are lacking.

Thanks.  I suspected this was the case.  Hope they are doing alright, I know some had tender new growth and I have a mango outside also.

No, mine are always glossy dark green.  I feel guilty pulling them as they look so nice.

Yup, its just like gluten-free labelling on things that would never contain gluten.  Marketing.

I think its hilarious that citrus is often non-vegetarian, the wax coating may be made from crushed lac beetles (shellac)

No, I don't think they have to pay for non-GMO label, but they do pay to be USDA certified organic. 

Did demand also drop to match?  If not, who is missing their grapefruits?  My grocery stores are still well stocked.

If what I'm getting from the store now is Tango/W Murcott, I'd recommend that.  I like it better than the Gold Nuggets.

Perhaps somebody can process them into Five-Alive

A bunch of old leaves one of my minneolas and an adjacent tree dropped at once, leaving their petiole stubs behind.  These trees seem quite healthy otherwise, and have large new growth flushes that are currently expanding.  I understand that old leaves normally drop entirely, and leaving the petiole stub indicates stress of some kind.  The temperature has made some drastic swings lately, but all the other trees are fine.  I'm wondering if perhaps they are too close to the propane backup heater.

I wasn't aware this even existed, thank you!  I will check it out. 

Last year I bought some fruit trees in 3-5gal pots to plant at my new house, but ran out of time getting them over there so I stuck them in the vegetable garden at my old place, spaced about 3ft apart.   These are a mix of stone fruit, cherries, and apples.   Of course with this warm winter the stone fruits are getting ready to bloom already.  I started hand-digging out the trees with a small trowel to avoid damaging the roots that had grown since putting them in the garden.  I moved the two biggest trees over the past few days and will keep doing so in order of bloom (peach first).

What is the likelyhood of success here?  I know barerooting and moving larger trees is far from ideal, along with moving outside full dormancy. 

I occasionally look up the health safety of various chemicals I use, and I recall glyphosate being quite safe.  It is amazingly effective at its purpose, I'd be sad to find out otherwise.

Here is the US Forestry Service data on glyphosate including extensive detail on environmental and health effects.  https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev2_025810.pdf